Cliff Lee says he should have spoken up sooner about his bad back.

“Looking back in hindsight, yeah, I should have said something sooner,” Lee said Friday. “But I wanted to help the team win and I wanted to compete. The last couple of starts, I wasn’t really helping the team. It was time to try something else. I don’t want to say this is the only reason I haven’t pitched well. But it did affect my mechanics a little bit.”

It’s impressive how many times a pitcher has unusual problems that he’s hurt. I’m surprised that the Giants didn’t find something wrong with Tim Lincecum during his poor August.